The editors of ZDM Mathematics Education are aware that the significant disruption associated with the COVID-19 pandemic means that many researchers have difficulty in accessing academic journals, which is usually tied to institutional availability and not easily accessible from home offices. This creates another barrier to research work in addition to that generated by the disruption associated with COVID-19. Springer is therefore providing one month open access to specific special issues of ZDM Mathematics Education whose themes specifically connect to discussions related to COVID-19.

From November 3rd to November 30th, 2020, two special issues will be released for free access. Please make use of the opportunity and spread the news. Please also take care and stay healthy.

Volume 51.4: Metacognition in mathematics education

Volume 50.1-2: Empirical research on the teaching and learning of mathematical modeling

Free Access to Volume 51.4: Metacognition in Mathematics Education, exploring the scientific progress in the area of the theoretical framework and conceptualizations of metacognition, the relationships between metacognition and mathematics performance, the various effects upon ability levels, the measures to assess metacognition, and the interventions that aim to improve mathematics performance.

Free Access to Volume 50.1-2: Empirical research on the teaching and learning of mathematical modeling; presents a survey of the state-of-the-art on empirical studies in this field, analyzes the role of mathematical modelling in empirical research in mathematics education and identifies future prospects.

51(1) Whole number arithmetic and its teaching and learning
Eds.: Xuhua Sun, Hamsa Venkat, Jarmila Novotna, Rongjin Huang

51(2) Material ecologies of teaching and learning
Eds.: Elizabeth de Freitas, Nathalie Sinclair, Lulu Healy

51(3) Identity in Mathematical Education
Eds.: Mellony Graven, Einat Heyd- Metzuyanim

51(4) Metacognition in mathematics education
Ed.: Annemie Desoete

51(5) Mathematical Evidence and Argument
Eds.: Andrew Aberdein, Christine Knipping, Maria Alessandra Mariotti
51(6) 21st Century Skills and STEM Teaching and Learning
Eds.: Katja Maaß, Michiel Doorman, Vince Geiger, Merrilyn Goos
51(7) Research on Teaching and Learning in Linear Algebra
Eds.: Sepideh Stewart, Christine Andrews- Larson, Michelle Zandieh

Issues in 2020

52(1) Mathematical word problem solving: Psychological and educational perspectives
Eds.: Lieven Verschaffel, Stanislaw Schukajlow, Jon Star, Wim Van Dooren

52 (2) Expertise in developing students' expertise in mathematics  
Eds.: Fien Depaepe, Lieven Verschaffel and Jon Star

52 (3) Numeracy and vulnerability in adult life  
Eds.: Iddo Gal, Anke Grotlüschen and Gabriele Kaiser

52(4) Research on Early Childhood Mathematics Teaching and Learning
Eds.: Camilla Björklund, Angelika Kullberg, Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen

52(5) Online mathematics education and e-learning
Eds.: Johann Engelbrecht, Salvador Llinares, Marcelo Borba

52(6) The Role of Mathematicians’ Practice in Mathematics Education Research
Eds.: Keith Weber, Paul Dawkins

52(7) Teaching with Digital Technology 
Eds.: Alison Clark-Wilson, Ornella Robutti, Mike Thomas

Issues in 2021

53(1) Mathematics Teacher Noticing: Exploring and Expanding the Terrain
Eds.: Jaguthsing Dindyal, Edna O. Schack, Ban Heng Choy, Miriam G. Sherin

53(2) Designing and enacting teaching that supports language in mathematics classrooms
Eds.: Susanne Prediger, Kirstin Erath, Jenni Ingram and Judit Moschkovich

53(3) Calculus in High School and College Around the World
Eds.: Patrick Thompson and Guershon Harel

53(4) Empirical Research on Mathematical Problem Solving and Problem Posing around the World
Eds.: Peter Liljedahl, Jinfa Cai
53(5) Implementation and implementability of mathematics educations research 
Eds.: Boris Koichu, Mario Sánchez Aguilar, Morten Misfeldt
53(6) Mathematics Textbooks as Instruments for Change"
Eds.: Sebastian Rezat, Lianghuo Fan and Birgit Pepin

53(7) Eastern European Mathematics Education in the Decades of Change
Eds.: Alexander Karp

Issues in 2022
 

54 (1) Mathematical Creativity – State-of-the-art of Empirical Research
Eds.: Roza Leikin, Bharath Sriraman

54 (2) Understanding complexity in the mathematics classroom: In memoriam David Clarke
Eds: Yoshinori Shimizu, Berinderjeet Kaur, Carmel Mesiti and Man Ching Esther Chan

54 (3) Mathematics Learning in Chinese Contexts
Ed.: Jinfa Cai

54 (4) Educational Research in Discrete Mathematics: Current Work and Future Directions 
Eds: James Sandefur, Elise Lockwood and Eric Hart

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54 (6) Early Algebraic Thinking: A Multi-Dimensional and Ever-Expanding Global Vision
Ed: Carolyn Kieran

54 (7) Exploring the significance of the history of mathematics in mathematics education
Eds.: Renaud Chorlay, Kathleen M. Clark and Constantinos Tzanakis